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<div style="font-size:300%;"> '''THE COMMON NUMBERS'''</div>


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Japanese uses specific forms to indicates numbers of things. If you are talking about books, animals, houses, mobiles etc ．．． you will not use the same pronounciation than if you are counting people, cards, shopsticks, bags of tickets. Here is how to write the numbers in japanese from 1 to 100 (and a little bit more) by the common way of using. 


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In addtion, japanese has different ways to pronounce some numbers, due to the using of chinese and japanese reading of caracters. Sometime you must use the on-yomi form, which is chinese adaptation and sometimes you must use kun-yomi which is purely japanese transformation reading. This is particulary true for 4 and 7 numbers which include the sound "shi", meaning of death in some asian cultures. So in most of case, we will find YON and NANA form.


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How to build the composed numbers in japanese? 
It is very simple. First you take the simple form of the number (example : san) さん which means “three” (3), add じゅう(10) JYUU in the middle and then next simple form of number (example よん: yon (4) So you now have さんじゅうよん (三十四) Sanjuuyon (34). 


It becomes ひゃくさんじゅうよん (百三十四) Hyakusanjuuyon for 134. Add hyaku ahead.


To express 200, 300.... you must put simple number before "Hyaku" and it is the same thing for せん (千) sen (thousand), if you want to say 2000, 3000 or higher, you first put the simple form of the number (example ni), then add "sen" then for example kyuu, add hyaku and to finish the rest of the number. So you will have にせんきゅうひゃくさんじゅうよん (千九百三十四) Nisenkyuuhyakusanjuuyon (2934)


For hundreds and thousands, there is an additional difficulty with the ènumbers : 3, 6 and 8 who turn into a diphtong.


In this case 3 becomes San-Byaku (さんびゃく), 6 turns into Roppyaku (ろっぴゃく) and 8 is now Happyaku (はっぴゃく) As you can see, we don't say roku-pyaku and hachi-pyaku but we just keep back the first syllab of the number RO or HA, add the 「っ」 particle to make the junction with pyaku which is the diphtong form of hyaku.


How to pronounce "っ"... It is like you block the air into your lips before you release it. It is not a sound but a manner to say.



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•	Please note that the zero number can be used as ZERO (english pronounciation)
*0 = ゼロ - zero // 零（れい）rei
*1 = 一（いち） ichi
*2 = 二（に） ni
*3 = 三（さん） san
*4 = 四（し）shi // （よん）yon
*5 = 五（ご） go
*6 = 六（ろく）roku
*7 = 七（しち）shichi // （なな） nana
*8 = 八（はち）hachi
*9 = 九（きゅう）kyuu
*10 = 十（じゅう）jyuu
*11 = 十一（じゅういち）jyuuichi
*12 = 十二（じゅうに）jyuuni
*13 = 十三（じゅうさん）jyuusan
*14 = 一四（じゅうよん）jyuuyon
*15 = 一五（じゅうご）jyuugo
*16 = 一六（じゅうろく）jyuuroku
*17 = 一七（じゅうなな）jyuunana
*18 = 一八（じゅうはち）jyuuhachi
*19 = 一九（じゅうきゅう）jyuukyuu
*20 = 二十（にじゅう）nijyuu
*21 = 二十一（にじゅういち）nijyuuichi 
*22 = 二十二（にじゅうに）nijyuuni
*23 = 三（にじゅうさん）nijuusan
*24 = 二十四（にじゅうよん）nijyuuyon
*25 = 二十五（にじゅうご）nijyuugo
*26 = 二十六（にじゅうろく）nijyuuroku
*27 = 二十七（にじゅうなな）nijyuunana
*28 = 二十八（にじゅうはち）nijyuuhachi
*29 = 二十九（にじゅうきゅう）nijyuukyuu
*30 = 三十（さんじゅう）sanjyuu
*31 = 三十一（さんじゅういち）sanjyuuichi
*32 = 三十二（さんじゅうに）sanjyuuni
*33 = 三十三（さんじゅうさん）sanjyuusan
*34 = 三十四（さんじゅうよん）sanjyuuyon
*35 = 三十五（さんじゅうご）sanjyuugo
*36 = 三十六（さんじゅうろく）sanjyuuroku
*37 = 三十七（さんじゅうなな）sanjyuunana
*38 = 三十八（さんじゅうはち）sanjyuuhachi
*39 = 三十九（さんじゅうきゅう）sanjyuukyuu
*40 = 四十（よんじゅう）yonjyuu
*41 = 四十一（よんじゅういち）yonjyuuichi
*42 = 四十二（よんじゅうに）yonjyuuni
*43 = 四十三（よんじゅうさん）yonjyuusan
*44 = 四十四（よんじゅうよん）yonjyuuyon
*45 = 四十五（よんじゅうご）yonjyuugo
*46 = 四十六（よんじゅうろく）yonjyuuroku
*47 = 四十七（よんじゅうなな）yonjyuunana
*48 = 四十八（よんじゅうはち）yonjyuuhachi
*49 = 四十九（よんじゅうきゅう）yonjyuukyuu
*50 = 五十（ごじゅう）gojyuu
*51 = 四十一（ごじゅういち）gojyuuichi
*52 = 四十二（ごじゅうに）gojyuuni
*53 = 四十三（ごじゅうさん）gojyuusan
*54 = 四十四（ごじゅうよん）gojyuuyon
*55 = 四十五（ごじゅうご）gojyuugo
*56 = 四十六（ごじゅうろく）gojyuuroku
*57 = 四十七（ごじゅうなな）gojyuunana
*58 = 四十八（ごじゅうはち）gojyuuhachi
*59 = 四十九（ごじゅうきゅう）gojyuukyuu
*60 = 六十（ろくじゅう）rokujyuu
*61 = 六十一（ろくじゅういち）rokujyuuichi
*62 = 六十二（ろくゅうに）rokujyuuni
*63 = 六十三（ろくじゅうさん）rokujyuusan
*64 = 六十四（ろくじゅうよん）rokujyuuyon
*65 = 六十五（ろくじゅうご）rokujyuugo
*66 = 六十六（ろくじゅうろく）rokujyuuroku
*67 = 六十七 (ろくじゅうなな）rokujyuunana
*68 = 六十八（ろくじゅうはち）rokujyuuhachi
*69 = 六十九（ろくじゅうきゅう）rokujyuukyuu
*70 = 七十（ななじゅう）nanajyu
*71 = 七十一（ななじゅういち）nanajyuuichi
*72 =七十二（ななじゅうに）nanajyuuni
*73 = 七十三（ななじゅうさん）nanajyuusan
*74 = 七十四（ななじゅうよん）nanajyuuyon
*75 = 七十五 （ななじゅうご） nanajyuugo
*76 = 七十六（ななじゅうろく）nanjyuuroku
*77 = 七十七（ななじゅうなな）nanajyuunana
*78 = 七十八（ななじゅうはち）nanajyuuhachi
*79 = 七十九（ななじゅうきゅう）nanajyuukyuu
*80 = 八十（はちじゅう）hachijyuu
*81 = 八十一（はちじゅういち）hachijyuuichi
*82 = 八十二（はちじゅうに）hachijyuuni
*83 = 八十三（はちじゅうさん）hachijyuusan
*84 = 八十四（はちじゅうよん）hachijyuuyon
*85 = 八十五（はちじゅうご）hachijyuugo
*86 = 八十六（はちじゅうろく）hachijyuuroku
*87 = 八十七（はちじゅうなな）hachijyuunana
*88 = 八十八（はちじゅうはち）hachijyuuhachi
*89 = 八十九（はちじゅうきゅう）hachijyuukyuu
*90 = 九十（きゅうじゅう）kyuujyuu
*91 = 九十一（きゅうじゅういち）kyuujyuuichi
*92 = 九十二（きゅうじゅうに） kyuujyuuni
*93 = 九十三（きゅうじゅうさん）kyuujyuusan
*94 = 九十四（きゅうじゅうよん）kyuujyuuyon
*95 = 九十五（きゅうじゅうご）kyuujyuugo
*96 = 九十六（きゅうじゅうろく）kyuujyuuroku
*97 = 九十七（きゅうじゅうなな）kyuujyuunana
*98 = 九十八（きゅうじゅうはち）kyuujyuuhachi
*99 = 九十九 (きゅうじゅうきゅう)kyuujyuukyuu
*100 = 百（ひゃく）hyaku
*1000 = 千（せん）sen



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There’s also some difficulties for heavy numbers.

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To express 10000 (ten thousands) we’ll not going to say 十千(じゅうせん) jyuusen. Same for 100000 (hundred thousands), it is not 百千(ひゃくせん) hyakusen and it is also true for 1000000 (one million), no more 千千(せんせん) sensen. This last just means many thousands but not precisely. It indicates there is a huge variety.

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一万 (いちまん) ichiman means 10000. 万 (man) worth four zeros.

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十万 and 百万 (じゅうまん & ひゃくまん) jyuuman and hyakuman are respectively 100000 (hundred thousands) and 1000000 (one million). Then come 千万(せんまん) senman (ten millions) and 一億(いちおく) ichioku for 100000000 (hundred millions)

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*PS : Asian caracters are same for chinese and japanese about writing and meaning. Of course the pronounciation and sounds are different. 
I really hope somebody can help you with in chinese language.

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*NB : It takes time to write an article. I did my best and I check my work at last, but some mistakes : typing, meaning, interpretation could remain. Feel free to correct them ;-)

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Pronunciation of numbers from 1 to 100:

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==Authors==
[http://polyglotclub.com/member/BriceJ BriceJ]

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